Betrayed! - by Larner

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2009 Cue 15: "Do I dare disturb the universe?" from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Eliot.
Format: drabble
Genre: general
Rating: PG
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Celebrimbor, Galadriel
Pairings: n/a
Summary: How does one keep the tokens of Power away from the Deceiver?



Betrayed!

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul!

Celebrimbor sat frozen at his council table, the discussion cut off mid-word. He saw, across from him, Galadriel’s eyes widen with shock, her cheeks bloodless. She scrabbled at her hand. He was doing the same, removing the Ring he wore even as she was doing.

He must send the two remaining Elven Rings away. He’d never finish the fourth, the proposed Ring of Earth he’d intended for his own use.

Ereinion! Gil-galad would see them properly bestowed, he knew. He could not allow them to remain in Ost-in-Edhil, waiting for the Deceiver to snatch them away for his own purposes!

-~0~-

Note: the words of the Ring-spell are not counted as part of the drabble.

Comments

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Well, the elements for so long were thought to be comprised by earth, water, air, and fire; we have the latter three but not the first represented in the Rings for Elves; I had to imagine that, with his close friendship (or at least collaboration) with Narvi Celebrimbor would have considered such a ring, don't you think? I was in my forties by the time the nineties came up, so wasn't so into popular culture, and my kids were so into metal I didn't hear much else other than my husband's country and my own preference for classical music.

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogMBLRHJYXU *Grin* For reference...